Drawn from sources that are hoping the spill can be contained…

• Matt Mullenweg, creator of WordPress, with this year’s State of the Word.
• Storming the Tower blogger Lauren Davis has a great wrap up and commentary of the recent webcomic app-flap or as I like to say app-flap-recap. Those Tweedles, they do battle don’t they!
• Geist has the nominees for the 2010 Joe Shuster Award in the Webcomic category.
• CBR has a piece about Christian Beranek and Tony DiGerolamo have joined forces with other webcomic creators to launch The Webcomic Factory.
• The Daily Cartoonist has a review of how Webcomics.com is doing as a subscription site.
• Jacked Up is a new webcomic by creator Jack Carter.
• CBR reports that Goats is on hiatus.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Max vs. Max

 Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 5/13/2010

Drawn from resources that are learning how not to be hustled…

• Cory Doctorow talks about the danger to publishers posed by the iPad.
• Robot 6 talks about the contest being offered by Microsoft UK where IT professionals share their user stories. The winning stories will be made into a webcomic called ‘Where’s the ‘Any’ Key.’ They also track down Brad Guigar and talk to him about discounts offered to Webcomics.com members.
• The College Voice calls out some webcomics it considers worth reading.
• The Webcomic Builder talks about how to script a webcomic.
• TGT Webcomics interviews Digital Pimp.
• The blog Eye Lazor Beams shares the webcomic he reads.
• The Times Live has a piece on Penny Arcade.
• Daily Break News highlights the Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
• Gods Playing Poker releases two new tshirts.
• Geeks.co.uk has a list of recommended webcomics.
• The Racquette highlights the webcomic ‘Bug.’
• New webcomic Big Damn Deal launches and gets a mention on Laughing Squid.

 Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 4/28/2010

Drawn from sources re-watching The West Wing…

• Cartoon advice from Bill Griffith; creator of Zippy the Pinhead.
• GeekDad has an interview with Foxtrot creator Bill Amend.
• Robot 6 has a MoCCA 2010 wrap up.
• ST. Louis Webcomics (STLwebcomics.org) has an interview with Spilled Ink Cartoons.
• The term ‘webcomic’ might make it into the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
• Storming The Tower has a post about this years’ Eisner Award nominations in the webcomic category.
• Denver Westword News has a piece about webcomics.
• New features of Photoshop CS5.
• Patrick Farley vows to return to webcomics.
• Can the iPad be a cheap substitute for the super expensive Cintique?

 Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 04/15/2010

Drawn from sources that love Chinese boxing on on Saturday afternoon…

• ‘Let’s Be Friends Again’ artist Chris Haley is moving on. Joel Priddy will be taking his place.
• USA Today has a piece about Penny Arcade, calling it a testament to the power of gaming culture.
• A write up of Shaenon Garrity and Gail Simone at WonderCon 2010.
• Chris Baldwin’s comic ‘Little Dee’ has come to an end. He’ll be moving on to his new comic ‘Spacetrawler‘ but in the meantime you can pre-order Little Dee Volume 4. Good luck Chris!
• DJ Coffman returns to doing ‘Yirmumah!’ daily. Best wishes to you DJ!
• Xaviar Xerexes reviews the book ‘At The Movies,’ a collection of the comic ‘Please Rewind.’
• A newsvine.com post by Dungbeetlemania about his favorite webcomics. What are your favorites?
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: 20 Something by Jimmy Norris

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 4/6/2010

Drawn from sources that are just back from frolicking in the sun…

• Vox Magazine this week has a story about local creators using the web to share their work. It also has interviews with Scott Ziolko, Jeremy Burt, Gary Lister, JB Winter, and Keith Chan.
• Revo-emag has their picks for the best webcomics ever.
• CBR spotlights Gabrielle Bell.
• Webcomic Planet War! 2010
• The Webcomic Overlook #113 reviews Xylia Tales.
• The Beat has an interview with Rantz Hoseley on the LongBox launch at Emerald City.
• White Ninja reaches 1000 strips! Congratulations!
• Odori Park turns one year old. Congratulations Chris!
• Joey Manley posts about American Elf creator James Kochalka’s video game fund raiser.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Out Of The Blue

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 3/19/2010

Drawn from sources that are full of frosted mini-wheats…

• Free ebooks correlated with inreased print-book sales on BoingBoing.net.
• Jackson Ferrell at This Week in Webcomics has announced that he’s cartooning again. You can check out his new work over at Borderline-Boy.com. Best of luck!
• The Webcomic Overlook #111: Las Lindas.
• Check out The Bad Webcomics Wiki. There are some good comics on the list in my opinion so read it with a critical eye for the overly critical.
• Quitting Time and Gods Playing Poker are the newest webcomics to take Harknell of Onezumi.com up on his offer to create iPhone apps for comic creators. If you are a webcomic creator you should check out his offer!
• ROBOT 6 has an interesting piece on cartoonists and their self portraits.
• CBR has an interview with Bill Barnes and Paul Southworth about their newest effort Not Invented Here.
• Viper Comics and Daniel Barcroft launch Sanford Park. Best of luck!
• The British International Comics Show is coming up in October 2010.
• The Casual Webcartoonist writes about how to price your artwork (h/t ComixTalk).
• Otis Frampton talks about his new webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere on ComixTalk.
• The Beat posts about cartoonist Asaf Hanuka and his webcomic The Realist.
• WEBCOMIC SPOTLIGHT: Steal This Webcomic

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 3/9/2010

Drawn from sources that are being monitored by a school-issued laptop…

• Nedroid is coming to TopatoCo.
• OSM cast has a roundtable discussion about webcomics.
• The Webcomic Builder takes on procrastination.
• MTV profiles Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik.
• Video Game Virtues interviews Matthew Taranto, creator of Brawl in the Family.
• Seattle Geekly podcast talks about electronic media and webcomics.
• The Daily Cartoonist has it that the Dallas Art News is going to start a webcomic section in April.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Hark! A Vagrant.
• MTV.com gives Axe Cop some press.
• The Webcomic Builder has an interview with Gianna Masetti, creator of The Noob.

Reported by Michael Moss. 

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 2/25/2010

Drawn from resources all over the web…

• Neil Gaiman weighs in on Christopher Handley’s case.
• Marvel Comics takes flack from Tea Party protestors and apologizes.  The price of accuracy I suppose.
• The Makers start an online series about business.
• The Webcomic Builder has an interview with Gianna Masetti (Hat tip to ComixTalk).
• Brad Guigar celebrates 10 years of webcomics. Congratulations Brad!
• Coyote Trax has a review of Atomic Laundromat.
• Comic Riffs interviews Scott Kurtz after he speaks at Macworld.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 2/17/2010

Drawn from sources that are struggling to be productive…

• Cleveland.com has the first interview in 15 years with Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes.
• On the Etsy blog there’s an interesting post by Amanda Steinberg, founder of Dallyworth.com, about understanding online advertising.
• Charlie Stross posts about earning a living as a writer in a ‘post-Google’ era that has some good questions for webcomic creators as well.
• Xerexes has an interesting comparison of various webcomic tools for WordPress.
• The blog Vana Jezebel wants to know what webcomics you read.
• Hey! Look! Comics! has posted some thoughts on the Washington Post Webcomic of the Decade award.
• Comic Riffs at the Washington Post has eight burning questions from readers about their poll.
• While we’re on the subject of awards, This Week In Webcomics gives his us thoughts on The Webcomic List Awards.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 2/9/2010

Drawn from sources that are enjoying good weather…

• The Escapist has a webcomic contest. The winner gets a paid gig.
• The Webcomic Overlook reviews Order of Tales.
• Project Wonderful has added a geotargeting feature to their site.
• Fleen reports of a malware-distributing hack that targets WordPress/Comicpress.
• The Beat moves from PW to its own site.
• Webcomics Community opens up in response to Webcomics.com going behind a pay wall.
• Robot 6 at CBR has a conversation with Phil Foglio about why he chose to publish Girl Genius online.
• WOWIO and Top Cow team up to bring you Wanted, Darkness Witchblade and others.
• Comics Alliance talks with the creators of Axe Cop and Dinosaur Soldier.
• Webcomics on the iPad? An interesting article on Comics Alliance.
• Valley News has story about Zuda contestant Forest Rhodes.

Reported by Michael Moss.

WebComic Wire | Comments Off on Webcomic Wire – 2/6/2010